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By Nelson Schneider - 09/01/13 at 03:17 PM CT
Welcome back to another installment of the MeltedJoystick Review Round-Up. Here’s what our staff has reviewed since last time:
Nelson’s Reviews:
Summer is traditionally associated with vacations and lots of time to have fun. But as adults with multiple jobs, the MeltedJoystick crew doesn’t really get to experience that anymore. Instead of chipping away at my backlog and clearing out a large number of games (like I wanted), I ended up falling into the trap of trying to play two different RPGs at the same time – one a single-player TRPG and the other a MJ online co-op game. It is a lesson I learned long ago, but I experienced a momentary lapse that doomed me to a Summer of backlog stagnation: NEVER try to play two RPGs at the same time!
The drought of local co-op games has continued, leaving us with only a compilation of old arcade games to tide us over. It didn’t really live up to expectations. But now “Dragon’s Crown” is finally available to us, and we’re enjoying what we’ve experienced so far. Look forward to that game getting the full review treatment in the upcoming Fall quarter.
And in our desperate attempt to find online co-op games to substitute for local co-op, we let our occasional guest-blogger and dedicated MJ staff photo/videographer, Matt, pick our next online game… and he chose an MMORPG. So now you know where all of our time went and why there are so few reviews. Hopefully we’re done with that MMO in time for the Fall roundup!
“Kirby Squeak Squad” – 4.5/5
“D&D: Chronicles of Mystara” – 3/5
“Growlanser: Heritage of War” – 3/5
“Toki Tori” – 3.5/5
Chris’ Reviews:
Like me, Chris has been sucked into our online co-op MMO experience, which has eaten most of his time for playing other games. But then, that’s what MMOs are designed to do. Of course, it would help if he hadn’t decided to replay “Dead Island” on Steam (which he’d previously played on PS3) so he can import his character into the sequel. Replaying is the biggest enemy of backlog removal. At least he did get to play some shorter games featuring violence, gore, and horror, which are his favorite things.
“Hotline Miami” – 4/5
“Amnesia: The Dark Descent” – 3.5/5
“D&D: Chronicles of Mystara” – 3.5/5
Nick’s Reviews:
Nick only played one game to completion this quarter, and it just so happened to be our only local co-op game. He started playing “Toki Tori,” but didn’t finish it… and I suspect stopped playing so he wouldn’t have to write a review of it. Of course, he has PLENTY of overdue local co-op reviews from… LAST YEAR.
“D&D: Chronicles of Mystara” – 2/5
Featured User Review:
This quarter’s featured user review winner is dbarry_22 (again), for his review of “Scribblenauts Unlimited” for the WiiU. With the WiiU getting mountains of hate, it’s important for someone to review some of the crap available to play on it. dbarry_22 took one for the team and played a game that none of the MJ staff would touch with a 10-foot pole. Thanks for taking that bullet for us!
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